'It's a solid ice wall': Philadelphia residents still trying to dig out from snowPHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Icy, frozen piles of snow are still clogging streets across Philadelphia. "For the first time ever, there's open parking on this street, but it's because nobody can get through here," said Nathan Fitch of South Philadelphia. For the first time in nearly 20 years, the Streets Department used a snow melting machine to liquefy more than 1,500 tons of snow. In South Philadelphia, shovels slowly get the job done. "It's a solid ice wall.